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February 8

I made it out to the Westward Look early today to view some of Gene Meieran's specimens on display in the lobby. When I got there I saw Sandor Fuss of Collector's Edge, Jordi Fabre and Andy Rykoff, a friend of mine from Weaverville, leaving nose prints all over the glass cases. There were more after I was through too! I hope there is some windex somewhere to clean that mess up!

Anyway, the following are some images of specimens from Gene's collection on display.  One specimen that was here again was the large euclase crystal that I drooled over in Munich last October.  It is barely visible in the first photo below at the top in the far right.  It is as magnificent as ever but if you want to see a close up of it go visit the Munich Show reports. Unfortunately, there were no labels with the specimens but I think I know where most of these come from in a general sense.  Be prepared to be ruined.  This is what mineral collecting in the "big leagues" is all about.



   
The image on the left is broad view of about 33% of the case. The image on the right is a small group of rocks... yeah... rocks... man!



   
The image on the left is 15 cm specimen of Rhodo from the Sweet Home Mine and the 25 cm boulder
on the right is of a large morganite and quartz crystal on albite matrix from Afghanistan.




   
The image on the left is of a 20 cm crystal of beryllonite with a large multicolored elbaite from Afghanistan.
The 10 cm copper on the right is a group of elongated spinel law twins from the Ray Mine in Arizona.




   
Two more to lose your mind over... The specimen on the left is of a Pakistan aquamarine with phantoms.  The crystal is "only" 10 cm in
length or thereabouts.  The specimen on the right is of a gem spodumene variety triphane.  It is about 25-30cm in length and perfect!



   
The specimen on the left tweaked my mind. A STUNNING 5 cm gem morganite from
either Afghanistan or Pakistan.
The image on the right is of a topaz from Brazil.

I could have taken another 50 pictures but this gives you a sense of what a major collection looks like.  Thanks Gene!!

Moving on through the Westward Look I heard of a new find of epidote from the Northern Frontier District in Kenya. Wayne Thompson and several others have finished working a new find of world class epidote from this locality.  The locality information for this find is sparse as there is no village anywhere near it and to get there requires a trip via helicopter or horseback.  According to Wayne the there may be some very limited production in the future but the nature of the deposit (lenticular and podiform skarns) and the fact that the pit walls collapsed filling the pit with rubble would suggest that what was found is all that will be found.  A major museum curator deemed this as one of the 4 best localities for epidote in the world.  Wayne explained to me that there were what he considered to be fifty major museum quality specimens found, about 100 exceptional specimens recovered, and about another 850 minor to excellent pieces.  That's it - about 1000 specimens in all.  He even numbered the labels of the best fifty found.  There were two specimens with crystalline hematite associations.  I was quite pleased to get one of those and equally pleased to be able to put eight of the fifty best specimens in existence from this find on the web.  The prices for these are what Wayne is asking.  There is no mark up on my end and all pieces will come with one of Wayne's labels with his number on them.  They are expensive but that is the nature of the best of a new find - especially a find that is limited and verified to be so.  I will try to get a few more of these from Dave Bunk who has the other 850 peices later in the show.  Below are several images of some of the pieces in Wayne's case at the Westward Look.  New finds are great to see!


   
The specimens seen here are all cabinet sized.  15 to 20 cm across on the average.  


     
This is probably one of the finest specimen in the entire lot that is still
available.  Many of the top peices have been sold to museums already.


Stay tuned - much more to come!

Past Shows & Reports
PLEASE NOTE: The minerals that were offered on these pages are all sold
1999
Munich Show
2000
Sainte Marie Show
Munich Show
2001
Sainte Marie Show
Munich Show
2002
Tucson Show
Sainte Marie Show
Denver Show
Munich Show
2003
Tucson Show
Sainte Marie Show
East Coast Show
Denver Show
Munich Show
2004
Tucson Show
West Coast Show
East Coast Show
Denver Show
Munich Show
2005
Tucson Show
West Coast Show
East Coast Show
Denver Show
Munich Show
2006
Tucson Show
Bologna Show
Sainte Marie Show
East Coast Show
Munich Show
2007
Tucson Show
Dallas Show
East Coast Show
Denver Show
Munich Show
2008
Tucson Show
West Coast Show
East Coast Show
Denver Show
Munich Show
2009
Tucson Show
West Coast Show
East Coast Show
Denver Show
Munich Show

2010
Tucson Show
San Francisco Show
East Coast Show
Denver Show

Munich Show

2011
Tucson Show
San Francisco Show
East Coast Show
Denver Show
Munich Show

2012
Tucson Show
West Coast Show
East Coast Show
Denver Show  
Munich Show

2013
Tucson Show
Sainte Marie Show
Crystal Days (Poland)
East Coast Show
Munich Show

2014
Tucson Show
Denver Show 

Munich Show

2015
Tucson Show
East Coast Show
Denver Show 
Munich Show

2016
Tucson Show
East Coast Show
Denver Show 
Munich Show

2017
Tucson Show
Munich Show

2018
Tucson Show

 
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